scholarly journals OPTIMAL CONFIGURATION OF ELECTRONIC NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUPPORTING D/B PROJECTS

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-254
Author(s):  
Muhamad Abduh ◽  
Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Optimal Configuration ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
Electronic Networking ◽  
E Mail

Electronic Networking Technologies (ENT) have only begun to make inroads into the construction industry practice. ENT provide unparalleled opportunities for the construction industry to introduce new and innovative way of processing information. These opportunities also present a number of challenges in terms of how to plan for and implement ENT services. There is a significant potential for large benefits from the correctly developed and applied ENT solutions for construction projects activities. This paper presents an assessment model for determining utility of various ENT services and the optimal configuration of ENT services for D/B projects. Web and FTP services were included in the ENT configuration as the tools to support all activities that require information retrieval. E-mail, list server, video conferencing, and remote access services were included in the ENT configuration as communication tools. An implementation scenario of the utility assessment model and a discussion on issues that should be considered in implementing ENT services in construction are presented.

COMPARISION OF ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MEASURES

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Quapp ◽  
Klaus Holschemacher
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Industry Practice

Construction projects often are particularly susceptible to conflicts due to their long-term character and complexity. In Germany, courts must deal with around 100,000 construction dispute litigations per year. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) can be an alternative to expensive as well as time-consuming litigation and can help to relieve the judicial system. Furthermore, ADR may contribute to the satisfying settlement of a dispute between parties involved in the construction process and thus help to reach construction projects’ completion on time and within budget. Often, ADR mechanisms such as adjudication, mediation, and conciliation will be used. The paper analyzes the development of ADR in Germany in conjunction with European legal aspects. With special reference to the construction industry practice in Germany, various ADR measures and their advantages and disadvantages, as well as the current situation, will be explained. The authors conclude that, although ADR in Germany has experienced an upswing since the 1990s, it is used only to a small extent for settling disputes in construction projects. An increased knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of different ADR measures in the construction industry would lead to more frequent uses of ADR. That, and a clever and detailed contract design, which helps to avoid conflicts basing on unclear contract contents, could save money and relieve the courts from time-consuming legal proceedings.

Construction Cost and Carbon Emission Computational Model for Office Buildings in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.7) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Mustafa M. A. Klufallah ◽  
Idris Othman ◽  
Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin ◽  
Mohd Faris Khamidi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Iso 14040 ◽  
Computational Optimization ◽  
Planning And Design

A novel embodied carbon emission and construction cost computational optimization model has been developed based on evolutionary Genetic Algorithm (GA) for purpose built offices in the Malaysian construction industry. The GA evaluation was lack of implementation in addressing financial and environmental performances for construction projects in Malaysia. Therefore, the office project was evaluated through the adoption of ISO 14040 framework and evolutionary GA. The model was designed to provide alternative optimal design solutions for office buildings, which can be used at the early project planning and design stages. The assessment of embodied emissions was limited to pre-construction phase with “cradle to site” boundary. The model was tested statically to confirm the accuracy of the generated results. It provides an assessment model for managing carbon emission based on evaluation of environmental and financial performancesand it was validated by an application to an office building and the findings  obtained  suggest  that the it would be suitable for use in practice.  

Development of a Risk Assessment Model for Oman Construction Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. Yafai ◽  
J. S. Hassan ◽  
S. Balubaid ◽  
R. M. Zin ◽  
M. R. Hainin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Assessment Procedures

Oman as one of the Arabian Gulf countries which have invested billions of dollars in the construction industries, infrastructural services and real estate, but it is clearly identified that risk assessment was not applied for once on these awarded contracts. Lack of knowledge and awareness of risk management or assessment procedures in the construction industry in Oman caused additional cost and time delay in most of the awarded construction projects. This paper aimed at developing a model for risk assessment in the Oman construction industry to save huge amounts of millions of money wasted due to this problem. A field survey of semi-structured questionnaire with face-to-face interviews was carried out in the Oman construction industry including public, contractors and consultants. The research approach relies on data collected from primary and secondary sources. Combination of quantitative and qualitative data analysis was used in analysing the data for the Model development. The risk factors in the Oman construction industry varies from one category to another, the risk factors in government category are more than the consultant category and contractor’s category. Overall, the Oman construction industry has no very high risk factors, which means it has good opportunities for investment. It is expected that the output of this research will have a good and beneficial contribution to save time and money for both public and private sectors in Oman due to expected awareness and improvements in the risk assessment procedures. 

scholarly journals Factors for implementing green supply chain management in the construction industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mochamad Agung Wibowo ◽  
Naniek Utami Handayani ◽  
Anita Mustikasari
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management

Purpose: The objectives of this study are to elaborate on the concepts, dimensions and elements of green supply chain management (GSCM) and develop a framework of GSCM implementation for the construction industryDesign/methodology/approach: This paper presents the findings from a study where experts were asked to contribute their opinions related to GSCM in the construction industry. To develop the model, the Delphi method was used. The objective of this method is to achieve the most reliable consensus in a group of expertsFindings: The research result is a developed framework for GSCM in the construction industry comprising five concepts, 22 dimensions, and 82 elements.Research limitations/implications: The limitation of this research is that its output was the discovered elements, but it did not cover the implementation of this model in construction projects, so some elements may be missing.Practical implications: The output of the research could give new perspective to manage the construction project based on Green Supply Chain Method.Social implications: The stakeholder of the construction project has to learn with this concept (Green Supply Chain) in order to improve construction’s project performance.Originality/value: The originality of this research is that it is a new theme in the area of the construction supply chain. Previous research merely considered the concept of GSCM in construction. Therefore, this research develops an assessment model for performance indicators of GSCM implementation in construction projects.

scholarly journals The risk assessment model for construction projects including value creation and protection aspects

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Tamošaitienė ◽  
Miglė Lapeikytė
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Risk Assessment Model ◽  
Construction Sector

The article focuses on the identification and classification of key risk management criteria that represent the value creation and protection aspects for the construction industry. Nowadays, the assessment of the risk level of a construction project is especially important for the quality of construction projects as well as the growth of enterprises and the sector. To establish the most important criteria for the successful growth of the construction sector including value creation and protection aspects are developed.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Construction Quality Assessment Model in Construction Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshartini Omar ◽  
◽  
Nisamini Subramaniam ◽  
Norliana Sarpin ◽  
Goh Kai Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Construction Quality ◽  
Residential Properties ◽  
Paper Review ◽  
Residential Projects

The achievement of quality is an important component in every handover of a residential project. Good quality plays an important role in creating a good identity for the developer as well as fulfill customer’s satisfaction level. Thus, Malaysian developers have started to implement quality assessment in their residential projects. Quality assessment is carried out to evaluate quality of project. However, even though quality assessment is implemented in most of construction projects, it is still a struggle to reach customer’s satisfaction level due to the number of defects in their residential properties. Therefore, this research carries the objective of investigate lacking of construction quality assessment and developing a framework on quality assessment to reduce defects in residential projects. This paper review requirements on construction quality assessment models which has been proposed by different researchers. The result of this study used to develop a framework on construction quality assessment to fulfil the important indicators which should be included in a quality assessment. The significance of this study may help contractors to develop projects with less defects and quality residential project.

scholarly journals Assigning Weights for Modified Project Quarter Back Rating Based Construction Project Performance Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 895-904
Author(s):  
Prachi Vinod Ingle ◽  
Gangadhar Mahesh
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Stakeholder Satisfaction

The Indian construction industry is facing challenges due to performance shortfalls. The construction projects are highly complex, distinctive, fragmented and do not have of well-established performance assessment models to evaluate their project success. Assessing overall project success is not possible to measure by single factor. To address this limitation, the Modified Project Quarter Back Rating (PQR) model was developed for the Indian construction industry. Modified PQR model’s output is a project score based on performance areas affecting project success and outcome. The model integrates ten performance areas that have identified through literature review. Performance areas included in the model are; (i) Cost (ii) Schedule (iii) Stakeholder satisfaction (iv) Safety (v) Quality (vi) Finance (vii) Environment (viii) Communication and collaboration (ix) Customer relation and (x) Productivity. These performance areas are measured through different performance metrics; i.e. performance metrics scores are aggregated to compute performance area scores. The model gives a single score that will help in comparing overall performance for different projects. This paper attempted to highlight the importance of performance metrics in modified Project Quarter Back Rating (PQR) based construction project performance assessment model for the Indian construction industry. The validity of the model needs assigning appropriate weights to the performance metrics as the weightage determines the relevance. Appropriate weights were determined using two round Delphi survey with 12 experts. Findings reveal that two performance metrics; return business from customer relation and OSHA recordable from safety have high weights. This modified PQR model will help key participants of the industry to compare the performance of various projects and to monitor performance areas that impact project performance rating.

scholarly journals A Review on Green BIM Potentials in Enhancing the Construction Industry Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 01023
Author(s):  
Noor Akmal Adillah Ismail ◽  
Hazwani Ramli ◽  
Elma Dewiyana Ismail ◽  
Raja Rafidah Raja Muhammad Rooshdi ◽  
Shaza Rina Sahamir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Operations ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Waste Energy ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Design And Construction

The construction industry environment nowadays is becoming more complex with more issues to be resolved with the agreeable approaches amongst the team. Nevertheless, the Building Information Modelling (BIM) innovation is acknowledged to disentangle those prevalent issues towards delivering a better project performance. With the emergence of BIM technology, various concerns such as constant errors and reworks, team-miscommunication, construction waste, energy inefficiencies, and many more in the industry practices, could be refined. Specifically, BIM capabilities mainly facilitate the design and construction operations. Albeit the processes involved demand an early planning and profound decision-making, the BIM mechanism helps the project team to execute the proposed construction projects effectively. With regards to maintaining the sustainability in the industry, “Green BIM” term is introduced to describe the manipulation of BIM technology to be incorporated along with the sustainable design and construction techniques. Therefore, this paper reviews the potentials of “Green BIM” in improving the traditional practices of project stakeholders throughout the project life cycle, particularly focusing on the design and construction phases. It discusses the previous studies on “Green BIM”, “Green BIM” concepts, and “Green BIM” approaches concerning its benefits and challenges in enhancing the construction industry practices. Significantly, through the appropriate “Green BIM” resolution, the procedures initiated with the green settings and completed with the green requirements, could empower more sustainable construction industry

scholarly journals An Integrated Organizational System for Project Source Selection in the Major Iranian Construction Companies

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Amir Faraji ◽  
Maria Rashidi ◽  
Ehsan Sorooshnia
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Source Selection ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
The Impact

Studies show that procurement management and its processes strongly affect project success in the construction industry, because the project-oriented organizations in the construction industry prefer to buy goods and services from outside the project team and benefit from outsourcing. Hence, these organizations are continually facing different levels of procurement processes, and the establishment of a robust outsourcing system is crucial for success of their projects and development of their businesses. On the other hand, the housing projects are considered a significant sector of the construction industry in terms of the number of projects and the impact on the national economy. Traditionally, the key sources in conventional housing projects are the general contractors, the consultants and the suppliers. In this study, essential elements of an organizational system have been investigated by expert opinions and through the Delphi method, and all effective aspects of the source selection problem have been identified and integrated. Based on the research findings, procurement of housing construction projects should be organized in three organizational levels: development of the long list, preparation of the short list and selection of the most appropriate source by focusing on four main elements of the source identification method, criteria definition, evaluation arrangement and assessment model.

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